annals

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French annales, from Latin annales libri (“chronicles”), from annalis (“pertaining to a year”), from annus (“year”) + libri, genitive of liber (“book”). Compare with annual.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæn.əlz/

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• Rhymes: -ænəlz

Noun

annals

1. plural of annal

Noun

annals pl (plural only)

1. A relation of events in chronological order, each event being recorded under the year in which it happened.
   • 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:

     So ended this great siege, the most memorable in the annals of the British isles. It had lasted a hundred and five days

   • a. 1729, John Rogers, A Sufficiency with Regard to Mens Stations in Life adjusted and recommended:

     the annals of our religion

2. Historical records; chronicles; history.
   • 1750 June 12 (date written; published 1751), T[homas] Gray, “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”, in Designs by Mr. R[ichard] Bentley, for Six Poems by Mr. T. Gray, London: […] R[obert] Dodsley, […], published 1753, →OCLC:

     the short and simple annals of the poor

   • 1780, Edmund Burke, Speech at the Guildhall, in Bristol:

     It was one of the most critical periods in our annals.

3. A periodic publication, containing records of discoveries, transactions of societies, etc.

   Annals of Science

Synonyms

• history

Translations

a relation of events

• Arabic: حَوْلِيَّات f pl (ḥawliyyāt)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 史冊／史册 (zh) (shǐcè), 編年史／编年史 (zh) (biānniánshǐ)

• Dutch: annalen (nl) pl
• Finnish: annaali (fi), vuosikirja (fi)
• French: annales (fr) f pl
• German: Annalen (de) f pl
• Latin: annālēs (la) m pl
• Macedonian: анали m pl (anali), летопис m (letopis)
• Portuguese: anais (pt) m pl
• Romanian: anale (ro) n or n pl
• Russian: анна́лы (ru) m pl (annály), ле́топись (ru) f (létopisʹ)
• Spanish: anales (es) m pl, añales (es) m pl, fastos (es) m pl
• Ukrainian: анна́ли (uk) m pl (annály), літо́пис m (litópys)

historical records; chronicles

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Bashkir: йылъяҙма (yılʺyaźma) (yearly)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 史書／史书 (zh) (shǐshū)

• Dutch: annalen (nl) pl, jaarboeken (nl) pl
• Finnish: annaali (fi), historiankirjat pl
• French: annales (fr) f pl
• German: Annalen (de) f pl
• Macedonian: анали m pl (anali), летопис m (letopis), хроника f (hronika)
• Polish: annały (pl) f pl
• Portuguese: anais (pt) m pl
• Romanian: anale (ro) n pl
• Russian: анна́лы (ru) m pl (annály), ле́топись (ru) f (létopisʹ), хро́ника (ru) f (xrónika)
• Spanish: anales (es) m pl, crónica (es) f, añales (es) m pl, fastos (es) m pl

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin annālēs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ənˈnals]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [anˈnals]

Noun

annals m pl (plural only)

1. annals

Related terms

• any
• anyal

Further reading

• “annals” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “annals”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “annals” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “annals” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.